Antique stamp duty press machines used by the taxman are being decommissioned, bringing a chapter of financial history spanning more than 300 years to an end. The presses are about 100 years old and ...

Upgrades that included a constant-torque flux-vector variable-speed motor let a pre-1912 vintage stamping press handle modern production duties. The rebuilt press was refurbished with new ac-drive ...

It stands three storeys tall, is made up of about a half-million pounds of steel and electronic gadgetry and uses an 800-ton press to turn a flat strip of ultra-high-strength metal into a machine part ...

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